American Council on Science and Health

4 days ago | acsh.org | Cameron English |Chuck Dinerstein

Can eating well pave the way to healthier, more vibrant golden years? The answer is "maybe," based on a recent study surveying how diet affects disease risk as we age. Let's break down the paper's results. Join Cameron English and  Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 111 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:Eating Our Way to a Better Old AgeEveryone wants to live longer — and better.

6 days ago | acsh.org | Chuck Dinerstein

“Food is medicine” makes for a great bumper sticker. However, as health policy, things start to fall apart. The MAHA model, born from a blend of good intentions and Instagram-friendly catchphrases, skips the messy parts: the collision of biology and policy in creating the chronic disease crisis it claims to cure. The Commission on Making American Health Again (MAHA) recently held its first closed-door meeting, racing toward an August deadline set by President Trump’s executive order.

1 week ago | acsh.org | Chuck Dinerstein

This week’s reading takes us from the literal underground of Manhattan’s steaming veins to the not-so-metaphorical land grabs shaping the global future. We revisit the original “signalgate” that made the NSA look like amateurs and finish with a much-needed science lesson for anyone still confused about what theory means. New York City never sleeps. Energy has returned to the streets. And what supplies the energy to heat New York?

1 week ago | acsh.org | Cameron English

The US government spends over $160 billion annually on scientific research. This massive expense is marketed to taxpayers as investment in groundbreaking research that fuels innovation and discovery. In truth, much of the federal science budget is expended on questionable and even fraudulent research. It’s time we eliminate it. The academy has been in an uproar since Donald Trump began his second term as president in January.

1 week ago | acsh.org | Chuck Dinerstein

As GLP-1s quiet the constant hum of hunger, are they a permanent pharmaceutical crutch, or can they create space to let us permanently turn down our biological volume? Have GLP-1s made weight loss less about will and more about a reset? You would have to be living as a digital shut-in to be unaware of the GLP-1s, the glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists changing the face of “nutritional” medicine.